After enjoying beautiful sunny warm weather for most of our Croatian travels, we headed into the mountains and encountered the familiar world of snow. Plitvice Lakes are world famous for their neverending series of waterfalls. There are sixteen terraced lakes grouped into the Upper and Lower Lakes regions and it takes a lot of walking to see them both. These lakes are separated by natural dams of travertine which grow at the rate of one centimetre a year with plants growing on them to give the waterfalls their unique look. The lakes also have distinctive colours that can change based on sunlight and mineral concentrations. Unfortunately we not only had snow (which didn't bother us) but we had fog (which is a problem when you want to see something). I hiked through the Upper Lakes where the fog slowly lifted to reveal the unique beauty of the falls but when we walked through the Lower Lakes as a family, the fog worsened.
Luckily the next day the fog lifted and we were able to see more of this incredible natural phenomena.
We were also able to visit the Rastoke Falls where a town had been built right over cascading waterfalls. As we drove through the snowy countryside and tiny Croatian towns, we kept on wondering what we would see next in this land of constant surprises.
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